INTERVIEW BY MATT TAYLOR

WOLVES legend George Elokobi used to say that if you cut him, he would bleed gold and black. The Cameroonian is still wearing those classic colours that made him a Molineux cult hero for National League South side Maidstone United.

And defender Elokobi is looking forward to showing he can still cut it at a higher level when the Stones roll into Blackpool on Sunday hoping to become FA Cup giantkillers and take their place in the third round.

The 15-stone powerhouse joined the Kent outfit in the summer because he wanted to be at a family-oriented club rather than anything to do with the colour of their kit.

But the 33-year-old admits: ‘A lot of Wolves fans say it is good to see you back in black and gold. I didn’t think about it until people were saying you are playing for a mini-Wolves.’

After six years at Molineux – three of them in the Premier League – life in the sixth tier of English football might seem something of a comedown.

But Elokobi is grateful for everything he has after a tough childhood in West Africa that saw him lose his father, grandad and a very influential uncle by the age of ten.

‘That really hit me hard. I had to immediately become a man, making decisions,’ he recalls. ‘ We had hardly any money, hardly any food. I had to fend for myself.

‘I dug out raw potatoes from farms. I didn’t have water to wash them but wanted something in my belly.

‘Often I had just one meal a day and didn’t know where the next meal was going to come from.

‘I had bird traps so I could taste a bit of meat. I did a bit of fishing using primitive hooks.

‘Sometimes we had no water and I